ChasingBlueSky

So you are saying we should invade? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Ok then, how do we prevent that? Why don't you tell us? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I realize that in the past year I picked up a couple new favorite bands that aren't new at all. It's amazing to think that with the thousand or so CDs that I own that none of these groups were in my player before this year: Ben Folds Five They Might Be Giants Allman Brothers Tom Waits Jimmy Buffett (even saw him in concert) Weezer (saw them in concert as well) So, whats 'new to you' that you are really enjoying now? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I'm just thinking that calling you mommy after the way you say "hello" and that wandering tongue of yours.....well, it may put me into therapy! Do they still call you mommy now? We make fun of my one friend that still does that. Come to think about it, we are pretty brutal about it. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

wow - I'm loving this!!! You wanna talk about geek? Check out what I am reading:http://haystack.lcs.mit.edu/papers/www2004-messaging.pdf "The Message without the Medium: Unifying Modern Messaging Paradigms through the Semantic Web" Message/Medium is one of my favorite communication topics (besides the non-verbal communication) and I have felt that the internet has made some significant changes in that area. So after a quick search I found this paper. I'm still looking to see if anyone has done research on how blogs and personal websites have changed the paradigm of moder communication. So - what can you find that is interesting??? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I'd let you take me to a movie anytime....but there is no way you could get me to call you mommy! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Yup, I saw some on the west coast, I swear! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Before Do you know it was warmer here today than it was for part of that week? How wierd is that? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Yup, Ireland has them. I was suprised on my second day in the north of Dublin to see a few of them, then when I visited my family in Mayo there was quite a few over there as well. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Same here...I'd really go for the same. But for once I would like a happy Xmas (it's not asking for much, is it?)- haven't had a good one in many years. At the least I would like to avoid anyone ruining the holiday for me, which has happened the past couple years in a row. Can you tell I don't like the holidays? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I found an interesting article dealing with common sense and kids seeing this stuff too soon. IMHO the media is headed into strict regulation - a reporter was put in jail today for not revealing a source! (btw - this reporter makes a good point about the V-Chip - if you have it, your kids wouldn't see half this stuff) I'm going to post the entire article because it require registration to read it: From the "The Opinion" of NorthJersey.com By MARIE COCCO CULTURE WARS make for odd couples. A spectacularly eccentric one is the pairing of Irish rocker and political activist Bono with the patriotic but fictitious Pvt. James Ryan. Bono is the pop star whose insouciant use of the F-word during last year's Golden Globe awards broadcast caused the Federal Communications Commission to overrule its precedent - and its own enforcement bureau - in declaring that even fleeting and non-sexual use of the word may violate the law. Ryan is the character from whom the award-winning World War II film "Saving Private Ryan" takes its name. The irreverent rocker and the reverential war movie became linked because dozens of ABC television affiliates, fearful of sanction in light of the infamous Bono ruling, refused to air "Saving Private Ryan" on Veterans Day. "The commission emphasized that all broadcast licensees are on clear notice that similar broadcasts in the future will lead to forfeitures and potential license revocation, if appropriate," the FCC said when it issued the Bono decision. Soldiers who are being shot at, blown up and, generally speaking, subjected to the worst degradations one human being can inflict upon another do tend to utter a profanity now and then. And indeed, the word Vice President Dick Cheney used as an epithet on the floor of the Senate a few months back is heard often from the men in "Saving Private Ryan." It slips out, from time to time, as they undertake a deadly trek across France to find Ryan and ship him home so he will be spared the fate of his brothers, who've already perished in combat. Viewers in about a third of the country, including such major markets as Boston and Dallas, were denied the opportunity to watch the Veterans Day special because their ABC affiliates dared not risk the FCC's wrath. ABC has said it would pay whatever fines, if any, the regulatory agency chooses to impose on local stations. We are probably months from official resolution of any of the "multiple" complaints the FCC says it received about the movie. But the lesson of this little parable is clear right now: The very same activists who like to promote personal and parental responsibility as the antidote to all that ails America quite happily - and of course, angrily - call in the heavy hand of government when it suits their purpose. "If ABC goes unchallenged, the door is open to these words being used anytime the networks choose!" the conservative American Family Association screeched in urging its members to file formal complaints about "Private Ryan" with the FCC. "They can simply say the words were used 'in context' to real life and get away with it." In the context of real life, most American children have heard the offensive language and quite possibly used the word in question by the time they reach middle school. This does not excuse it. But here, in the context of my real life, is how I saved "Private Ryan" for those sufficiently mature to watch it: My high school student, a military history buff, was allowed to see the film. My fifth-grader was sent to bed early. Others may well have used technology to achieve the same result. Parents today can use a V-chip, or block a show or a whole channel by programming the remote. Then there's the low-tech solution: Turn the set off. These are, apparently, unacceptable to our cultural jihadists of the right. They do not wish to let me regulate the viewing habits of my own family. They say they know better. They are not content to tell their own children to believe in Genesis, not Darwin. They wish to scrub science textbooks of their science. They believe it is insufficient to keep their own kids from reading, say, the Harry Potter books - and persist in pushing to ban them from school libraries. I am not fond of slippery-slope arguments; they tend to be too facile for complicated situations. But this one isn't complicated. We have slid from Janet Jackson's bare breast to Bono's silly speech to what amounts to censorship of a film classic rich with historical resonance - and contemporary relevance - in less than a year. In this grinding war, the first victim has been common sense. The second, more chilling casualty, is the erosion of the constitutional imperative of free expression. Marie Cocco writes for Newsday. Contact her at cocco@newsday.com. Send comments about this column to oped@northjersey.com. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I don't get it either. Personally, I think its a pretty big step for the mouse house to show this. If anyone knows their history about Disney - he wasn't the biggest support of racial equality. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Someone want to explain to me why Tony Dungee thinks the commecial was racist? Owens Apologizes for Role in 'MNF' Skit By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA - Terrell Owens apologized Thursday to anyone offended by his role in a steamy segment with actress Nicollette Sheridan for the intro to "Monday Night Football." "I felt like it was clean, the organization felt like it was a clean skit and I think it just really got taken out of context with a lot of people and I apologize for that," Owens said. "Personally I didn't think it would have offended anyone and, if it did, I apologize." ABC and the Eagles also apologized this week, with the team saying they wished the segment "hadn't aired." The opening, which has generated complaints to ABC and the Federal Communications Commission, showed Sheridan wearing only a towel and provocatively asking Owens to skip the game for her as the two stood alone in a locker room. She drops the towel and jumps into Owens' arms. Owens had no idea the intro would create such a backlash. "I thought it was a fun skit and that was it," Owens said. Owens, a flashy player known for his outrageous touchdown celebrations, seemed to believe the skit was generating controversy because of his participation, not because of simulated nudity. "Anything I get involved with, I'm obviously a target," he said. "It happened." Reaction has ranged from amusement to anger. Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy found it racially offensive; Owens is black and Sheridan is white. Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb wasn't quite as vocal, saying he didn't find the segment offensive and believed people were overreacting. Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC , questioned ABC's judgment in airing the scene. When asked if he was shocked the story was making the front page of newspapers around the country, Owens quipped, "I always make the front page." _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Soon we will be invading Russia as well...they announced yesterday that they are developing a new missle/nuke the world has never seen before. It will make the missle shield useless. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

I loved Suicidal much more than Grooves! Send me your money!!! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

That is the problem with presenting wrong information to the world as solid, verifiable facts....then refusing to admit you made a mistake. You lose credibility. Fool me once.... _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

And you thought you got a lot of spam! Bill Gates Gets 4 Million E-Mails a Day SINGAPORE - Bill Gates might not use AOL, but he's definitely got mail. The Microsoft Corp. chairman receives millions of Internet messages a day, said Steve Ballmer, the company's chief executive. "Bill literally receives 4 million pieces of e-mail per day, most of it spam," Ballmer said Thursday. Spam or junk e-mails are unsolicited messages, generally advertising goods or services and usually sent to many e-mail accounts simultaneously. Ballmer said Microsoft has special technology that just filters spam intended for Gates. In addition, several Microsoft employees are dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox. "Literally there's a whole department almost that takes care of it," he said. Ballmer was in Singapore for the company's Government Leader's forum, which ends Friday. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Hopefully his info this time is better than the stuff he presented to the UN for Iraq. If what the other groups in this article say are true.... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&ncid=1802&e=1&u=/washpost/20041118/ts_washpost/a57465_2004nov17 Thu Nov 18, 7:44 AM ET By Robin Wright and Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post Foreign Service SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 17 -- The United States has intelligence that Iran is working to adapt missiles to deliver a nuclear weapon, further evidence that the Islamic republic is determined to acquire a nuclear bomb, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Wednesday. Separately, an Iranian opposition exile group charged in Paris that Iran is enriching uranium at a secret military facility unknown to U.N. weapons inspectors. Iran has denied seeking to build nuclear weapons. "I have seen some information that would suggest that they have been actively working on delivery systems. . . . You don't have a weapon until you put it in something that can deliver a weapon," Powell told reporters traveling with him to Chile for an Asia-Pacific economic summit. "I'm not talking about uranium or fissile material or the warhead; I'm talking about what one does with a warhead." Powell's comments came just three days after an agreement between Iran and three European countries -- Britain, France and Germany -- designed to limit Tehran's ability to divert its peaceful nuclear energy program for military use. The primary focus of the deal, accepted by Iran on Sunday and due to go into effect Nov. 22, is a stipulation that Iran indefinitely suspend its uranium enrichment program. The issue of adapting a missile is separate from the question of enriching uranium for use in a weapon. "I'm talking about information that says they not only have these missiles, but I am aware of information that suggests that they were working hard as to how to put the two together," Powell said, referring to the process of matching warheads to missiles. He spoke to reporters during a refueling stop in Manaus, Brazil. "There is no doubt in my mind -- and it's fairly straightforward from what we've been saying for years -- that they have been interested in a nuclear weapon that has utility, meaning that it is something they would be able to deliver, not just something that sits there," Powell said. Iran has long been known to have a missile program, while denying that it was seeking a nuclear bomb. Powell seemed to be suggesting that efforts not previously disclosed were underway to arm missiles with nuclear warheads. Joseph Cirincione, director of the Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Powell's remarks indicated that Iran was trying to master the difficult technology of reducing the size of a nuclear warhead to fit on a ballistic missile. "Powell appears to be saying the Iranians are working very hard on this capability," Cirincione said. He said Powell's comments were striking because the International Atomic Energy Agency said this week that it had not seen any information that Iran had conducted weapons-related work. In a 32-page report, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei wrote that "all the declared nuclear material in Iran has been accounted for, and therefore such material is not diverted to prohibited activities," such as weapons programs. But ElBaradei said that he could not rule out the possibility that Iran was conducting a clandestine nuclear weapons program. Powell also told reporters that the United States had not decided what action to take following Sunday's agreement. The Bush administration had insisted that Iran's past violations warranted taking the matter to the U.N. Security Council. Powell said the United States would monitor verification efforts "with necessary and deserved caution because for 20 years the Iranians have been trying to hide things from the international community." Meanwhile, in Paris, the exile group charged that Iran was still enriching uranium and would continue to do so despite the pledge made Sunday to European foreign ministers. The group, the National Council for Resistance in Iran, or NCRI, also claimed that Iran received blueprints for a Chinese-made bomb in the mid-1990s from the global nuclear technology network led by the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. The Khan network sold the same type of bomb blueprint to Libya, which has since renounced its nuclear ambitions. Mohammad Mohaddessin, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the Paris-based NCRI, told reporters at a news conference that the Khan network delivered to the Iranians a small quantity of highly enriched uranium that could be used in making a bomb. But he said the amount was probably too small for use in a weapon. The NCRI is the political wing of the People's Mujahedeen organization, which the State Department has labeled a terrorist organization. The NCRI helped expose Iran's nuclear ambitions in 2002 by disclosing the location of the government's secret uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. But many of its subsequent assertions about the program have proven inaccurate. On Wednesday, Mohaddessin used satellite photos to pinpoint what he said was the new facility, inside a 60-acre complex in the northeast part of Tehran known as the Center for the Development of Advanced Defense Technology. The group said that the site also houses Iranian chemical and biological weapons programs and that uranium enrichment began there a year and a half ago, to replace a nearby facility that was dismantled in March ahead of a visit by a U.N. inspections team. The group gave no evidence for its claims, but Mohaddessin said, "Our sources were 100 percent sure about their intelligence." He and other group members said the NCRI relies on human sources, including scientists and other people working in the facilities and locals who might live near the facilities and see suspicious activities. The IAEA, the U.N. nuclear monitoring body, had no immediate comment on the claims but said it took all such reports seriously. The agency has no information to support the NCRI claims, according to Western diplomats with knowledge of the U.N. body's investigations of Iran. Some diplomats and arms control experts privately discounted the Iranian group's latest claim, saying it appeared designed to undermine the deal that the Tehran government signed with Britain, France and Germany. In Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian officials said they considered the enrichment suspension temporary and contingent upon a favorable decision at the IAEA meeting next week and on quick progress in talks next month on long-term guarantees that Iran can apply nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Richburg reported from Paris. Staff writers Glenn Kessler and Dafna Linzer in Washington contributed to this report. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Pretty soon, if the industry and back-stabbers like Hatch have their way, it'll be impossible to own a computer or computer parts that aren't compliant with a computer-industry identification / authentication / encryption standard. Hardware, firmware, software, add-ons, plug-ins, patches, accessories, etc. won't work unless they comply. This of course means that alternative hardware (like Crusoe-based systems) or software (like Linux), lacking the industry's "tags" simply will not work. mh . Or Sun OS 10 now that it is free! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

By a government odometer, likely. God, I hope not. I have to drive 80 miles round trip every day! _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

They didn't do any of that in front of MNF. I just downloaded the ad...and there isn't anything we haven't seen a thousand times already. I promise you, half the stuff shown on day time soaps can reveal more than this. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Or maybe Goonies? They have underage kids swearing, kissing, being shot at, etc. The MPAA considers it a PG movie worthy of being seen by kids with a guardian. Anyone else find it interesting that the network that had stations drop Saving Private Ryan all carried this promo? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

Everyone gets their say, of course. However, we are going backwards on the standards. Something like this has been allowed on tv since the late 70s and early 80s. Most soap operas, nightly dramas, and shows like Baywatch have shown far worse than this introduction. If this gets a fine then we are well on our way to censorship. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

And ABC has shown Dennis Franz's ass on NYPD Blue and that seemed to be ok??? It's bullshit that you can't even hint about sex now without some extremist right wing christian group sending out a couple hundred photocopied complaints. Do you think they would have cared as much if it wasn't inter-racial? Hmmmm....I wonder??? _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....

The current standards require to block out the cleft of the lower back/ass, or to cover up the ass if it is bare. They didn't show anything that goes against any community standards since they didn't show anything below the waste. If they get fined, then no women would be allowed on broadcast TV with a low cut dress that shows their bare back (much like what we have seen a thousand times on Bay Watch) Apparently we have Taliban-like beliefs now in this country. _________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again.....